Has anyone managed to stop dreaming at night?

[Scottishdreams1991]

I'm not having nightmares or anything like that just regular dreams.
I hate having no control on what happens when I sleep. Can I do anything to stop them?

Thanks

I have very vivid dreams ,usually linked to my last thoughts I have had before going to sleep. Never worried about it , just a normal brain.

If you had no dreams then you would go insane. Literally.

Remember that Star Trek: TNG episode?

Clearing your mind before you sleep might help.

People dream several times a night but only remember the dreams if you wake during one.

Set an alarm 30 minutes before your normal wake time and get up. Then you won't remember any dreams.

It's not possible to stop dreaming. We go through several sleep cycles each night and dreaming is part of each cycle.

Whether we remember our dreams is mainly due to which part of the cycle we're in when we wake up but we do need to dream.

If you don't like the lack of control, then you could try lucid dreaming. Some people are able to train themselves to do this.

I very rarely have dreams and hate it when I do. They leave me feeling really uneasy and it takes a couple of days before I’m back to myself.

Being stressed before going to bed is my main trigger for dreaming. Perhaps you could try doing something to relax before bed.

I haven’t had a dream I can remember for years so I do feel now that I don’t dream. Night waking kids did that to me, but it’s maybe a bit of an extreme solution for OP

Dreams are dreams we wake up and realise it was just a dream.
We cant control everything.

I had the most wonderful dream where I was told about an amazing premise for a book. It was so exciting in the dream and I wanted to hold on to it - but of course it was a dream and I remembered no details when I woke up.

I love dreaming. But that was disappointing 😅

Occasionally I've been able to control my dreams, but not for a few years now.

Last night I dreamt about a relative who is currently on end of life care. Other nights I've dreamed about an old house from my childhood splitting apart and I am literally holding it together.

I know it's my brain processing things but sometimes a dreamless sleep, waking well rested and not stressed or sad, would be very welcome!

I'd like to be able to stop my dreams for the odd night too.

I dream every single night and they are long and detailed. It's a bit tiring to be honest.

Weirdly, I remember last night's dream again just as I'm settling down to sleep every night - does anyone else get that?

I am less likely to remember my dreams when I'm less stressed. This means sleep hygiene is paramount, as is managing stress.

I can sometimes do lucid dreaming, but not always. I find the things my subconscious can come up with is fascinating, so mostly, I am happy to let them run, even though they can be very active and detailed, whi h tends to ge tiring when i remember them.. I did have to wake myself from a nightmare recently though.

I dunno. I used to take a medication that completely suppresses REM sleep, at least for the first few months of taking it (it seems to come back slightly after that, though still heavily suppressed), and as far as I can tell I didn't go insane. Wibble.

I do. Sometimes it can be a dream from weeks or months ago. It's very odd.

Not that I know of. Eating late has made mine worse, also going to bed too early or when I'm not tired enough has led to terrible nightmares, awful nightmares where I've woken up quite shaken.

The strangest ones are dreams about people who died many years ago, but I never know they're dead during the dreams. Only after I wake up.

I'm literally scared to go to sleep tonight. Which in turn will make it worse.
I used to never remember my dreams but for the past year I have :(

I don't know what it's called but I'm in charge in my dreams, it's brilliant.

I'd you're scared then you are having nightmares?

This is a bit like asking “how do I stop breathing, I don’t like it”. It’s just another necessary bodily function that’s needed for your brain to work.

In most senses, yes. If you don't dream at all that means you are missing out on REM sleep. It is known that lack of REM sleep has both a mental and physical impact. Without REM sleep you can "sleep" for as long as you like, but you will wake up sleep-deprived. You will end up with mental health impacts such as anxiety, depression and difficulty regulating your emotional state. Lack of REM sleep is also associated with heart disease, obesity and Alzeimers disease. Mental ill-health inevitably leads on from lack of REM sleep, and in people who already suffer from mental ill health it can get far worse, potentially leading to severe imbalance and suicidal ideation.

REM sleep is the only time when our brains are clear of a chemical called noradrenaline. In very simple terms noradrenaline is very important to our daily functioning and is a major part of our fight or flight capability. It plays a part in keeping us alert and able to respond to stresses. It helps us to "run away" from things, whether physically or mentally. When it switches off during REM sleep our brains can better process the challenges and events in our lives without "running away from them", which in turn helps us to work towards understanding or resolution. If we can't do that the mental and physical toll becomes unbearable.

Look up dream completion technique - you tube - it maybe what you need ????

https://ccanimationstudio.co.uk/the-dream-completion-technique

Unless you are like me who goes through DRC, Dream Reality Confusion sometimes. It's actually really scary thinking you've done or said something but actually you haven't. Or your supposed to have done something and havent because your brain tells you touve already done it.

My episodes last a few days at a time but I literally 2nd guess everything I do in that period because my brain can't tell me if it's real or not.